Bed & Breakfast Au Relais Saint Maurice (Chinon, France)

Old house of the 15th century, in the old town of Chinon, rue Haute Saint Maurice, house with an inner courtyard with a view on the castle of Chinon. The house consists of a large living room to relax, read or play board games, a courtyard in the quiet fountain to have breakfast. Since the Middle Ages, nobles and royal officers have built large stone houses below the fortress. The 15th century mansions are distinguished by their L-shaped plan around a courtyard opening onto the street, their spiral staircases housed in a turret projecting at the corner of the buildings. There are some fine examples of this on rue Saint -Maurice. In the 16th century, the medieval mansions are remodeled to the taste of the Renaissance: the stairs are included inside the buildings, while the corbelled turrets appear on the facades . The window frames and skylights are decorated with pilasters and pediments. It is still in the high street, to the west (rue Voltaire or Haute Saint-Maurice) that we find the most beautiful examples: Master of Waters and Forests, Hotel Bodard de la Jacopière ...